Wit is something more than a gymnastic trick of the intellect; true wit implies a beam of thought into the essence of a question, a flash that lights up a situation. Wit suggests the delicate but delightful play of a rapier in the hands of a master.

Optimism will grow like a flower if the soil be properly prepared.

Tact is not a small thing; in the battle of life it is more powerful than a bludgeon.

Pessimism is a product of our civilization. It is not natural to the savage; he feels pain, or discomfort, and suffers from these palpable conditions, but when he recovers from wounds he forgets the torments, and when he is well fed he is joyous in the light of day.

We are heirs of the ages because throughout the ages mankind has devised and fashioned new things, and step by step added new conquests to our domain in that incessant contest with nature which means life. But we are decadent heirs if we cannot use the instruments that the ages have put into our hands. The acquisition of these, in the largest scope, is education.

We must rejoice when love is great, and pardon its excess, for love is the staff of life, and life without love is life in vain.

Life is magical. There is something wonderful in being alive, in having within one's self all sorts of possibilities.